Rock guitarist Joe Satriani accused British band Coldplay of plagiarizing one of his songs. The guitarist who collaborated with other legends of the rock culture such as Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones and Deep Purple, sued the Grammy-nominated band.
Satriani filed the copyright infringement suit on Thursday (December 4) in Los Angeles federal court. The 52-year-old guitarist claims that Coldplay’s track "Viva La Vida" includes "substantial original portions" of his 2004 instrumental "If I Could Fly". Satriani is seeking a jury trial as well as damages and "any and all profits" attributable to the alleged copyright infringement.

"The second I heard, I knew... I felt like a dagger went right through my heart. It hurt so much," Satriani told MusicRadar.com about Coldplay’s Viva la Vida. "The second I heard it, I knew it was [my own] 'If I Could Fly'."

Coldplay - singer Chris Martin, bass player Guy Berryman, guitarist Jonny Buckland and drummer Will Champion – had a great success with “Viva la Vida,” a song which was nominated for Grammy Awards for song of the year and record of the year.

Satriani also told MusicRadar.com that, since Coldplay launched “Viva la Vida,” his e-mail was flooded with messages from friends who told him that he had been ripped off.

“Have you heard this song by Coldplay? They ripped you off man,'" said one of the e-mails according to Satriani.

"Everybody noticed the similarities between the songs. It's pretty obvious,” the guitarist added.